All the headlines from our AXA XL Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2016 // XL Catlin announced it has updated the wording of its “Active Assailant” coverage to include the use of road vehicles in an attack.Stephen Ashwell, XL Catlin’s chief underwriting officer for Crisis...
Aug 31 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG is diving into the U.S. ocean marine business. The global specialty insurer and reinsurer, which is wholly-owned by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc., calls this a “significant expansion”...
Aug 25 2016 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the appointment of Bonnie Chow as senior underwriter, Political Risk and Trade Credit insurance for Asia Pacific. She will be based in Sydney.Chow has over 20 years’...
Aug 18 2016 // Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, and France’s AXA SA were among first-round bidders for the rights to distribute general insurance products through Standard Chartered Plc outlets in Asia, according to...
Aug 4 2016 // AXA said it has entered into an agreement with Vienna Insurance Group to sell its life & savings insurance operations in Romania and exit the Romanian market.Under the terms of the agreement, Vienna Insurance Group...
Aug 3 2016 // AXA SA, France’s biggest insurer, said first-half profit rose 4 percent as increased earnings from life and health insurance helped offset higher claims from natural catastrophes.Net income climbed to 3.2 billion...
Jul 29 2016 // AXA, Alibaba and Ant Financial Services have formed a global strategic partnership to explore opportunities to distribute AXA’s insurance products and services through Alibaba’s global e-commerce platforms.The...
Jul 27 2016 // XL Group Ltd. announced it has completed its redomestication to change the place of incorporation of the ultimate parent holding company to Bermuda from Ireland.As previously announced, the name of the new holding company...
Jul 19 2016 // XL Catlin has established a new Reinsurance Unit focused on providing facultative and treaty reinsurance across Africa.Leading the team is Alex St James who has been appointed as head of Africa for XL Catlin’s...
Jul 14 2016 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) reported that Adam Posner has been named senior underwriter for Terrorism & Political Violence insurance.Posner will be based in New York and he will report directly to...
Jul 7 2016 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with Vienna Insurance Group to sell both its Life & Savings and Property & Casualty operations in Serbia and exit the Serbian market.Under the terms of the agreement,...
Jul 1 2016 // Janelle Levesque has joined XL Catlin as a senior marine underwriter. She is based in Chicago. Levesque is responsible for inland marine business in the Midwest region, which includes Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio,...
Jul 1 2016 // XL Catlin hired Frank Basich as senior member of the XL Catlin marine underwriting team in San Francisco.Basich is responsible for inland marine business in the western states, exercising his 25-plus years of experience...
Jul 1 2016 // Shawn Langenegger has joined XL Catlin’s marine business unit in Dallas. He has 13 years of industry experience and joins from Allianz Global Corporate where he was inland marine team leader for the New Orleans,...
Jun 29 2016 // Workers’ compensation insurer The MEMIC Group has appointed Gus Gonnella to the position of vice president of Claims for the Atlantic and Northeast regions. In his more than 23 years of experience in the insurance...
Jun 24 2016 // XL Group plc announced that its ordinary shareholders have approved a scheme of arrangement that will change the place of incorporation of the ultimate parent holding company to Bermuda from Ireland, which is expected to...
Jun 21 2016 // AXA SA’s real estate unit is awaiting the outcome of the Brexit referendum before deciding whether to proceed with a plan to build the tallest tower approved in the City of London.“We have not launched the...
Jun 21 2016 // AXA SA, France’s largest insurer, plans to increase profitability through 2020 by seeking 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion) of cost cuts and growing digital investments to tap rising demand for policies protecting...
Jun 15 2016 // XL Catlin’s North America Environmental insurance business has introduced a new wholesale pollution and professional insurance policy designed to help U.S. trade contractors address their contractual obligations to...
Jun 14 2016 // There is an “extremely high” probability that the U.K. will vote to leave the European Union and investors will face “a true landscape of uncertainties,” AXA SA Chief Executive Officer Henri de...